[ˈstʌbl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the cut stalks of cereal plants left sticking out of the ground after the grain is harvested
(e.g: fields of yellow stubble)

- short, stiff hairs growing on a part of the body that has not been shaved for a while, especially on a man’s face
(e.g: she ran her fingers over the dark stubble on his cheeks)


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Origin:
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French stuble, from Latin stupla, stupula, variants of stipula ‘straw’